The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved selling overdose antidote naloxone over-the-counter, marking the first time an opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription. Wednesday's approval is for Narcan, a name-brand version of naloxone sold by Emergent BioSolutions. How much this will impact a nationwide overdose crisis is not clear, even though better access to naloxone is a priority. The decision means Narcan can be available at convenience and grocery stores, but its price isn't clear. For many people who use drugs, naloxone is already available from community groups — and that's not expected to change.
Wtf you can’t get narcan in the US? Here in Canada like everyone has it. I work in a restaurant and we have two kits in the kitchen, I also have two at home because they’ve been giving them out free. My girlfriends mom keeps some in her car and used it once already to save a person overdosing on the street. Why in hell would something like this be regulated when the US is in a massive opioid crisis?
War on drugs.